A wealthy Los Angeles reality TV personality plunged 28 stories to his death<\/a> from a swanky South Florida beachfront resort just moments after texting friends, “I’m coming,” leaving stunned loved ones insisting the fatal fall was no suicide.<\/p>\n Yakir Levi, 45, had been set to meet two pals Monday night at the luxe Acqualina Resort and Residences in Sunny Isles Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n He was married to his wife, Meital Gershoni Levi, and they shared three children. Yakir S Levi \/ Instagram<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Levi served as an IDF soldier before moving to the US. Yakir S Levi \/ Instagram<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n The friends had just pulled up to the valet when Levi sent a simple text: “I’m coming.”<\/p>\n Seconds later, they heard a “strong crash.”<\/p>\n Horrified guests began screaming that someone had fallen from a balcony.<\/p>\n Levi, a married father of three who lived in Los Angeles with his wife and children, ages 4, 10 and 12, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Homicide Bureau is investigating the deadly plunge as an “unclassified death” after detectives recovered Levi’s cellphone and bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n The night before he died, Levi was tagged in a group photo on Instagram. Yakir S Levi \/ Instagram<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n But a police report lists the incident as a “Suicide w\/injuries,” a conclusion Levi’s devastated family and friends are flatly rejecting.<\/p>\n “They were all meeting up to go out. It just doesn’t make any sense,” close friend Eran Hersh told the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It’s impossible for me to think that he just committed suicide. The day before he was on a boat smoking a cigar, having the time of his life.”<\/p>\n Family members later identified the victim as Levi, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Facebook\/@Yakir S Levi<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Friends described Levi as a “larger-than-life” businessman who had served in the Israel Defense Forces’ special forces before launching a wildly successful building restoration company in the US.<\/p>\n Born in Ramla, Israel, Levi arrived in America with just $300 in his pocket before building a multimillion-dollar business restoring properties damaged by natural disasters, according to the Jerusalem Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Homicide Bureau is investigating the deadly plunge. GlobeNewsWire<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n His rags-to-riches story landed him on Israel’s Channel 13 reality series “The Americans,” which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.<\/p>\n Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to reports of a man who had fallen from the high-rise resort at about 9:30 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n Levi is expected to be buried in Israel. Yakir S Levi \/ Instagram<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Family members later identified the victim as Levi, who was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Levi is expected to be buried in Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.<\/p>\n Authorities have not announced a final determination on the cause or manner of his death, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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